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In this paper I argue against the dispensational bifurcation of Christ’s return, which posits a rapture and then the second coming , through a close reading of three major texts (Matthew 24, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians) and various other key texts in interation with these. I conclude that, according to the New Testament, Christ will return once for judgment and salvation in a highly visable manner, that this will be unexpected, and that this return is imminent.